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Pajama's MediaJuly 9, 2008Gay couples can use private contracts to replace pieces of the protections and responsibilities that marriage brings, but it doesn't come cheap, they better not move to another state, and there can be no accidents or changes in fortune. [Link]

Rochester Democrat & ChronicleJuly 10, 2008Teen council members write, "No matter how orthodox and strict your own ideology may be, you still should not impose it, and the thousands of laws and customs that come with it, upon anyone else." [Link]

The Boston GlobeJuly 10, 2008Mass. lawmakers will vote on legislation that would repeal a 1913 law that bars non-resident gay couples from marrying in the state. The repeal requires a simple majority to pass. [Link]

FindlawJuly 9, 2008Steve Sanders writes, "I believe scholars, legislators, and judges accept the status quo for same-sex marriages because of a lingering, perhaps subconscious, belief that they are not quite 'real' marriages. From such a belief, another belief follows: that the people who enter into such marriages have no legitimate expectation they will be treated with the deference the law accords to virtually all other marriages. But our law should not tolerate different classes of marriages, some more favored than others." [Link]

EDGE BostonJuly 9, 2008Two new reports from The Williams Institute show that marriage equality could pump tens of millions of dollars into state economies like Calif., where marriage equality just became legal, and NJ, where marriage equality is viewed as likely, reports online news source Business Pundit. [Link]

Contra Costa TimesJuly 8, 2008Kern County supervisors refused to ban gay and lesbian couples' marriages, rebutting a conservative group that sought to make it the first California county to reject the statewide policy. [Link]

Associated PressJuly 8, 2008Oregon's domestic-partnership law comes under the legal spotlight again this week, with opponents of equality challenging the state's initiative qualification process in front of a three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Link)

Mercury NewsJuly 8, 2008Elizabeth Howton discusses the excitement around marriage equality in California, but points out the need for the federal government to uphold the freedom to marry: "Without nationwide recognition, we will remain in a separate and unequal limbo in several key areas" such as parental rights, immigration, and taxes. (Link)